Pendampingan Kelompok Tani “Agro Makmur Lestari” Dalam Pembibitan Kapulaga (Elletria cardamomum) Di Lahan Agroforestri Desa Karangan, Kecamatan Bareng, Kabupaten Jombang

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Abstract: Karangan Village, Bareng District, Jombang Regency, East Java Province has abundant natural resource potential. It has an area of ​​6.06 km2, of which 40% is used for agroforestry land with teak and durian plants and several other shrubs. Most of the population's livelihoods are farmers and farm laborers, namely 91.13%. (BPS, 2020). The purpose of this community service is to optimize the potential of agroforestry land by planting Cardamom which begins with a cardamom nursery program. The partners' problems are: (1) Farmers have not optimized the potential of agroforestry land for Cardamom biopharmaceuticals, (2) There is still a lack of knowledge and skills of farmers in cardamom plant nurseries, (3) Farmers' knowledge of the potential economic value of cardamom is still lacking, (4) They are powerless Farmers Group "Agro Makmur Lestari" in supporting the development of nurseries and marketing of Cardamom seeds. The solution to the problem covers 3 (three) aspects, namely as follows: (1) Optimization of agroforestry land under Teak, Sengon, and Durian stands with Cardamom cultivation, (2) Assistance in producing Cardamom seeds, to meet needs in the Karang Village area, Bareng sub-district, Kab. Jombang and for other regions, (3) Empowering Farmer Groups "Agro Makmur Lestari" to increase the economic capacity of the community through cardamom nurseries to meet the need for seeds, and selling cardamom seeds as an alternative source of livelihood. The output targets from the technological and management aspects are the production of cardamom seeds and increasing the economic capacity of the community